What would you do? (marital 'infidelity'?)

[pipi_k]

40. It is, and this is

the problem with one-sided stories.

One person can be made out to be a villain while the other person is the innocent victim.

My parents divorced when I was about 13 or so.

My mom cheated on my dad. He never missed work. Tried his best to provide for us. He was a good and honest man.

I could make my mom out to look like the most horrible person ever.

But there's another side to the story.

As good a man as my dad was, he was also an alcoholic with some mental problems. He wasn't above hitting her...or us kids. He broke her jaw with a beer bottle one time. Tried to strangle her (the marks on her neck were embarrassing at my 10th birthday party).

So who is the villain here? Who is the victim?

And you know what?

Nobody outside the immediate family knew.

So if I had told anyone either side of the story, the person I squealed on would have looked like a monster, and the other would be the victim.

This is the problem with one-sided stories.